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United States foreign trade. U.S. airborne exports and general imports

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District

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Continent

This report presents statistics on U.S. exports from and
imports into the U.S. Customs territory (includes the 50
States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) by air.
The data have been compiled primarily from export

declarations and import entries during the regular processing
of statistics on foreign trade shipments. Effective January
1975, this report presents data for all individual ports (and
Customs districts) through which air shipments were made.

Prior to January

1975 data were shown only for those

Customs districts having combined exports and imports by
air valued at $1.5 million or more during the preceding

calendar year.
presented in

Districts

January

A complete
Schedule D,

list of districts and ports is
Classification of U.S. Customs

and Ports for U.S. For
, 1974 edition, as amended.

eign

Trade

Statistics.

well as certain types of transactions not considered to be of
statistical significance, such as personal and household
effects.

The value reported in the export statistics generally is
equivalent to the f.a.s. (free alongside ship' value at the U.S.
port of export, based on the transaction pi;ce. including

inland

freight t,

insurance, and other

charges incurred in

placing the merchandise alongside the carrier at the U.S.
port of exportation. For exports by air, the port of lading
shown in this report is the port where the merchandise is
loaded on the aircraft which takes the goods out of the
country.

For security reasons, certain commodities are designated
as Special Category commodities, for which security regula-
tions place restrictions upon the type of export information

Exports

that may be released.

The data shown in this report for

individual Customs ports, districts and continents exclude

These statistics represent exports of domestic and foreign
merchandise combined and include government and non-
government shipments of merchandise by air from the
United States to foreign countries. The statistics, therefore,

exports
shipping

of Special
weight an

Category

,d value

commodities,

totals

for Special

iut overall
Category

commodities are shown. A list of Special Category commod-
ities may be obtained from the Bureau of the Census.

include
Program

Department
Grant-Aid

Defense

shipments,

Military

shipments

Assistance
economic

Effective January

than Canada

reflect

1975, the statistics for countries other

fully compiled data

for shipments

assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act. and shipments

of agricultural commodities under P.L.

480 (The

Agricul-

tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as

valued $1,000 and over combined with estimated data for
shipments valued from $251-$999. based on a 50-percent
sample of such shipments. Prior to January 1975, estimated

amended)

and related

laws. Shipments

to U.S. Armed

data for countries other than

Canada

were based on a

Forces and diplomatic missions abroad for their own use are
not included in the export statistics. U.S. trade with Puerto
Rico and U.S. possessions and trade between U.S. posses-

sons are

not included in this report, but exports from

Puerto Rico to foreign countries are included. Merchandise

shipped

through

the United States in

transit

from one

foreign country to another, when documented as such with
U.S. Customs, is excluded. The statistics in this report also
exclude shipments by mail and parcel post and exports of
aircraft flown out of the country under their own power, as

50-percent

sample of shipments valued S251-S499 while

data for shipments valued $500 and over were fully
compiled. For Canada, the statistics continue to reflect fully
compiled data for shipments valued S2.000 and over
combined with estimated data for shipments valued from
$251-S1,999, based on a 10-percent sample of such ship-
ments. Shipping weight and value data for major aggregates
are also estimated for shipments valued under S251. These
estimates are not included in the data shown for individual
Customs ports and districts.

Since the export figures shown include estimates based
on a sample of low-valued shipments, they are subject to

some

degree

of sampling

variability.

The table below

provides a rough guide to the general level of sampling
variability of value totals, on a 2 chances out of 3 basis.
Usually the higher value figures will have the lower percent
sampling errors.

Imports

These statistics represent general imports, which are a
combination of imports for immediate consumption and

entries

into bonded

warehouses.

The statistics

include

government as well as nongovernment shipments of mer-
chandise by air from foreign countries to the United States.

Value
"Total"

totals
and "
t

America

o

North
f :

31,000,000 and over

S500,000-31

000.000

o100,000-8500,000

520,000-:100,000

Cells

under

520,000

However,

Proportion
sampling va

under
2

under
5;

of cells with

riability

under
10~

under
20

1.00

1.00

American

goods returned

Forces for their own use are exclude

by the U.S. Armed
ed. U.S. trade with

Puerto Rico and with U.S. possessions and trade between
U.S. possessions are not included in this report. but imports

into Puerto

Rico from foreign

countries are

included.

Merchandise shipped through the United States in transit
from one foreign country to another, when documented as
such with U.S. Customs, is not reported as imports and is
excluded from the data. Imports by mail and parcel post
and imports of aircraft flown into the United States under
their own power are also excluded from this report as well
as certain transactions not considered to be of statistical
significance, such as personal and household effects.

The Customs value shown in this report represents the
value of imports as appraised by the U.S. Customs Service in
accordance with the legal requirements of Sections 402 and

402a of the

1.00

Are likely to have

ampling variability from
3,000 to 315,000

Tariff

Act of 1930. as amended. It may be

based on the foreign market value, export value, construct-
ed value. American selling price, etc. It generally represents
a value in the foreign country, and therefore excludes U.S.
import duties, freight, insurance, and other charges incurred
in bringing the merchandise to the United States. This
valuation is primarily used for collection of import duties
and frequently does not reflect the actual transaction value.

totals

continents of South

America,

Asia,

Europe,

Australia and

Oceania

and

Africa of:

:5300,000 and

over

S1I00,000-.,3 00,000

$20,000-S 100,000

Under t)20,000

Cells of

Are likely to have sampling
variability of:

For imports by air, the port of unlading shown in this
report is the port where the merchandise is unloaded from
the aircraft which brings the goods to the United States.

statistics

than 2<

than

with

over half

of the totals less than 2<

Generally

less than 10

shown

for individual

Customs

ports and

districts represent fully compiled data for shipments valued
$251 and over. Data for shipments valued under S251,
reported on formal and informal entries (informal entries
generally contain items valued under S25I1) are estimated
from a I-percent sample following standard practice. Sepa-
rate shipping weight and value estimates for shipments
valued under S251 are shown. The shipping weight data are
estimated from the values on the basis of constants that
have been derived from an observation of the value-weight
relationships in past periods.

with over half of

totals

less than

Generally :500 to $5,000

Generally

less than -:500

Since the statistics showing total value of imports by all
carriers include sample estimates, they are subject to
sampling variability. In general, the higher value figures will

have the lower

percent sampling errors.

Value totals of

S500,000 and over will generally have a sampling variability
of less than 3 percent; value totals of under $500.000 will
generally have a sampling variability of less than S50.000.

Value

Shipping Weight

Sources of Error in the Statistics

Shipping weight figures, shown for both imports and
exports, represent the gross weight of shipments, including
the weight of moisture content, wrappings, crates, boxes,
and containers (other than containers such as cargo vans and
similar substantial outer containers used for containerized
cargo).

The sampling variability applicable to the dollar figures
will provide an approximate guide to the reliability of th
matching shipping weight figures. For technical reasons, the
sampling variability of the shipping weight will be somewhat
more than for the dollar value figures.

Monthly import and export figures are subject to the
possibility of errors which may arise from various sources.
Among these are errors in the reporting and/or processing of
information as to value, shipping weight and other statistical
factors, month of inclusion, and errors which may result
from the sampling of certain import and export shipments,
discussed above. In the case of imports the information as
to value (and commodity classification, country of origin,
and net quantity) is verified by Customs officials on entries
filed for transactions valued over $250 which are ordinarily
subject to examination for Customs appraisement purposes,
thus considerably reducing the possibility of error. In
addition, the procedures used to compile both the import
and export statistics include clerical and computer process-
ing checks designed to protect the accuracy of the statistics
to the fullest practicable extent.

Lading by Continent (F.a.s. Value Basis)-Continued
value, and sources of error in the data. Shipments of Special Category commodities are excluded from all district and continent data. Estimated shipments
data and from data lotr U.S flag carriers)

Value (1,000 dollars)

Total
Australia
North South
Europe Asia and Africa
America America
All U.S. flag Oceania
carriers carriers

4 484
4 484

18 034
1 526
60
17R
779
15 491

978
3
975

3 237

3 234

48 719
2
48 717

3
3

9
9

107 36
4
107 32

U.S. EXPORTS BY AIR

Table 1.

JUNE 1976

Customs Districts and Selected Ports of

(tiata n horn represent domestic

aind foreign merchandise combined.

See the statement

on front page for

information on coverage, definition of f
valued under $251 are excluded from